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Top Grossing Screenwriter at the Domestic Box Office (Rank 4,401-4,500)BETA
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This list shows the highest grossing Screenwriters based on the domestic box office of the movies they worked on.
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| Rank | Name | Domestic Box Office |
Movies | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4,401 | Mushtaq Shiekh | $6,112,630 | 3 | $2,037,543 |
| 4,402 | Reginald Rose | $6,100,000 | 1 | $6,100,000 |
| 4,403 | Barry Wernick | $6,090,172 | 2 | $3,045,086 |
| 4,404 | Richard Sale | $6,075,793 | 1 | $6,075,793 |
| 4,405 | Max Strom | $6,044,652 | 1 | $6,044,652 |
| 4,406 | John Allen Nelson | $6,044,652 | 1 | $6,044,652 |
| 4,407 | Paul Kimatian | $6,044,618 | 1 | $6,044,618 |
| 4,408 | Christopher Gambale | $6,044,618 | 1 | $6,044,618 |
| 4,409 | Ben Lewin | $6,038,361 | 2 | $3,019,181 |
| 4,410 | Issa Lopez | $6,018,520 | 4 | $1,504,630 |
| 4,411 | Michael Ian Black | $6,003,262 | 1 | $6,003,262 |
| 4,412 | Stephen Neigher | $6,000,000 | 1 | $6,000,000 |
| 4,413 | John Hill | $6,000,000 | 1 | $6,000,000 |
| 4,414 | Andrew J. Fenady | $6,000,000 | 1 | $6,000,000 |
| 4,415 | Lester Pine | $6,000,000 | 1 | $6,000,000 |
| 4,416 | Frederick Knott | $6,000,000 | 1 | $6,000,000 |
| 4,417 | Fernando Fonseca | $6,000,000 | 1 | $6,000,000 |
| 4,418 | Miles Hood Swarthout | $6,000,000 | 1 | $6,000,000 |
| 4,419 | Tina Pine | $6,000,000 | 1 | $6,000,000 |
| 4,420 | Samuel A. Taylor | $6,000,000 | 1 | $6,000,000 |
| 4,421 | Scott Hale | $6,000,000 | 1 | $6,000,000 |
| 4,422 | Michael S. Murphey | $6,000,000 | 1 | $6,000,000 |
| 4,423 | Clair Huffaker | $6,000,000 | 1 | $6,000,000 |
| 4,424 | Hugo Gilbert | $6,000,000 | 1 | $6,000,000 |
| 4,425 | C.S. Forester | $6,000,000 | 1 | $6,000,000 |
| 4,426 | Aaron Woodley | $5,997,707 | 2 | $2,998,854 |
| 4,427 | Stephen Beresford | $5,982,176 | 2 | $2,991,088 |
| 4,428 | Robin Bhatt | $5,979,402 | 3 | $1,993,134 |
| 4,429 | Bernd Eichinger | $5,978,210 | 2 | $2,989,105 |
| 4,430 | René Brisebois | $5,974,732 | 1 | $5,974,732 |
| 4,431 | François Camirand | $5,974,732 | 1 | $5,974,732 |
| 4,432 | João Emanuel Carneiro | $5,969,553 | 1 | $5,969,553 |
| 4,433 | Marcos Bernstein | $5,969,553 | 1 | $5,969,553 |
| 4,434 | Erica Beeney | $5,958,315 | 1 | $5,958,315 |
| 4,435 | Rupert Wyatt | $5,958,315 | 2 | $2,979,158 |
| 4,436 | Nancy Oliver | $5,956,480 | 1 | $5,956,480 |
| 4,437 | Matt Ross | $5,898,704 | 2 | $2,949,352 |
| 4,438 | Yan Dongxu | $5,875,487 | 1 | $5,875,487 |
| 4,439 | Yang Zhixue | $5,875,487 | 1 | $5,875,487 |
| 4,440 | Ye Junce | $5,875,487 | 1 | $5,875,487 |
| 4,441 | Albert Leon | $5,867,786 | 1 | $5,867,786 |
| 4,442 | Steven Haft | $5,857,534 | 1 | $5,857,534 |
| 4,443 | Ron Friedman | $5,849,647 | 1 | $5,849,647 |
| 4,444 | Kristoffer Borgli | $5,848,349 | 2 | $2,924,175 |
| 4,445 | Oscar Torres | $5,842,961 | 2 | $2,921,481 |
| 4,446 | Chetan Bhagat | $5,833,397 | 3 | $1,944,466 |
| 4,447 | Brandon Cronenberg | $5,831,286 | 3 | $1,943,762 |
| 4,448 | Joseph Cedar | $5,822,319 | 2 | $2,911,160 |
| 4,449 | Irving Ravetch | $5,820,015 | 1 | $5,820,015 |
| 4,450 | Harriet Frank, Jr. | $5,820,015 | 1 | $5,820,015 |
| 4,451 | Nick Cuse | $5,812,500 | 1 | $5,812,500 |
| 4,452 | Steve Armour | $5,802,208 | 1 | $5,802,208 |
| 4,453 | Zach Braff | $5,801,764 | 2 | $2,900,882 |
| 4,454 | Bryan Thompson | $5,801,249 | 1 | $5,801,249 |
| 4,455 | Jules Furthman | $5,800,000 | 2 | $2,900,000 |
| 4,456 | Paolo Sorrentino | $5,797,012 | 7 | $828,145 |
| 4,457 | Robert Henny | $5,794,979 | 3 | $1,931,660 |
| 4,458 | Camille Thomasson | $5,781,086 | 1 | $5,781,086 |
| 4,459 | Bill Forsyth | $5,775,073 | 2 | $2,887,537 |
| 4,460 | Zdeněk Svěrák | $5,770,254 | 1 | $5,770,254 |
| 4,461 | Michael Auerbach | $5,762,795 | 1 | $5,762,795 |
| 4,462 | Dean Koontz | $5,755,333 | 1 | $5,755,333 |
| 4,463 | Lu Wei | $5,751,265 | 2 | $2,875,633 |
| 4,464 | Sir David Attenborough | $5,751,141 | 3 | $1,917,047 |
| 4,465 | Scott Yagemann | $5,747,802 | 1 | $5,747,802 |
| 4,466 | Steven Baigelman | $5,735,336 | 2 | $2,867,668 |
| 4,467 | Michael Mason | $5,728,940 | 1 | $5,728,940 |
| 4,468 | John Varley | $5,725,353 | 1 | $5,725,353 |
| 4,469 | Sergei Bodrov | $5,705,761 | 1 | $5,705,761 |
| 4,470 | Arif Aliev | $5,705,761 | 1 | $5,705,761 |
| 4,471 | Miguel Tejada-Flores | $5,701,359 | 2 | $2,850,680 |
| 4,472 | Barry Glasser | $5,691,405 | 1 | $5,691,405 |
| 4,473 | Malcolm Bradbury | $5,682,429 | 1 | $5,682,429 |
| 4,474 | Hirokazu Kore-eda | $5,678,518 | 8 | $709,815 |
| 4,475 | Susan Coyne | $5,676,110 | 1 | $5,676,110 |
| 4,476 | Myron Goble | $5,672,903 | 1 | $5,672,903 |
| 4,477 | Michael Love | $5,669,081 | 1 | $5,669,081 |
| 4,478 | Sngmoo Lee | $5,666,340 | 1 | $5,666,340 |
| 4,479 | Bill Rubenstein | $5,656,641 | 1 | $5,656,641 |
| 4,480 | Peter Crabbe | $5,646,500 | 2 | $2,823,250 |
| 4,481 | James Gibson | $5,644,575 | 1 | $5,644,575 |
| 4,482 | Jeff Bender | $5,644,104 | 1 | $5,644,104 |
| 4,483 | Joshua Enck | $5,644,104 | 1 | $5,644,104 |
| 4,484 | Martin Pasko | $5,635,204 | 1 | $5,635,204 |
| 4,485 | Michael Reaves | $5,635,204 | 1 | $5,635,204 |
| 4,486 | Paul Dini | $5,635,204 | 2 | $2,817,602 |
| 4,487 | Alice Johnson Boher | $5,611,123 | 1 | $5,611,123 |
| 4,488 | Eleanor Coppola | $5,608,745 | 2 | $2,804,373 |
| 4,489 | John Aglialoro | $5,604,043 | 2 | $2,802,022 |
| 4,490 | Gilbert Adler | $5,601,285 | 1 | $5,601,285 |
| 4,491 | A.L. Katz | $5,601,285 | 1 | $5,601,285 |
| 4,492 | Richard Eyre | $5,580,479 | 1 | $5,580,479 |
| 4,493 | Agnieszka Holland | $5,575,738 | 2 | $2,787,869 |
| 4,494 | Shashank Khaitan | $5,573,270 | 3 | $1,857,757 |
| 4,495 | Sandy Howard | $5,568,880 | 1 | $5,568,880 |
| 4,496 | Kenneth Peter | $5,568,880 | 1 | $5,568,880 |
| 4,497 | Joan Tewkesbury | $5,563,663 | 1 | $5,563,663 |
| 4,498 | Marc Rocco | $5,561,581 | 2 | $2,780,791 |
| 4,499 | Pik Kwan Lee | $5,538,649 | 1 | $5,538,649 |
| 4,500 | Nick Drake | $5,526,061 | 1 | $5,526,061 |
The Domestic Market is defined as the North American movie territory (consisting of the United States, Canada, Puerto Rico and Guam).
This table is updated daily to reflect the latest studio reports.
Note: This chart is not adjusted for inflation.